I live in Sefton--the only St James I know of in this area is in Bootle. A google search will probably give you details. Barbara in Liverpool On 27 June 2014 01:52, David Armstrong <davidrli@iinet.net.au> wrote: > At the time in question, Sefton (also spelled Sephton) was a parish in the > County of Lancashire. St James would have been the dedication of the > church in which the wedding took place. A Marriage Certificate will state > whether or not the marriage was in the jurisdiction of Liverpool. > > < http://www.genuki.com/big/eng/LAN/Sefton/ > > > (Genuki is a good site to answer this sort of question). > > As Liverpool has grown, it has absorbed surrounding parishes and now > Sefton is a Metropolitan Borough in the Metropolitan County of Merseyside > created in 1974. > > < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sefton,_Merseyside > > > < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merseyside > > > David Armstrong > Maylands, > Western Australia > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Fontaine Wiatt > To: eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 11:04 PM > Subject: [ENG-LIV] Merseyside and Sefton > > > > Good afternoon. > > > Can someone tell me - In the date range of about 1885-1910: > > Were the communities of Merseyside and Sefton, neighborhoods of > Liverpool proper, or were they separate from Liverpool ? > > If a couple were married at St James in Sefton, is it more accurate to > list it as St James, Sefton, Lancashire; or St James, Sefton, Liverpool, > Lancashire; or something else ? > > > I really can’t find a clear answer. > > > Thank you, > > W W > > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com > > Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No > fees! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message